diff --git a/ietf/utils/management/commands/populate_yang_model_dirs.py b/ietf/utils/management/commands/populate_yang_model_dirs.py
index 9ea4e9ab4..28631c74f 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/management/commands/populate_yang_model_dirs.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/management/commands/populate_yang_model_dirs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright The IETF Trust 2016-2019, All Rights Reserved
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import os
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                         modfile.rename(str(moddir/name))
                 model_list = [ n.replace('"','') for n in model_list ]
             except Exception as e:
-                print("** Error when extracting from %s: %s" % (file, str(e)))
+                self.stderr.write("** Error when extracting from %s: %s" % (file, str(e)))
             sys.stdout = saved_stdout
             sys.stderr = saved_stderr
             #
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if item.stat().st_mtime > latest:
                 latest = item.stat().st_mtime
 
-        print("Extracting to %s ..." % moddir)
+        if verbosity > 0:
+            self.stdout.write("Extracting to %s ..." % moddir)
         for item in rfcdir.iterdir():
             if item.is_file() and item.name.startswith('rfc') and item.name.endswith('.txt') and  item.name[3:-4].isdigit():
                 if item.stat().st_mtime > latest:
@@ -111,16 +113,17 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     for name in model_list:
                         if name.startswith('ietf') or name.startswith('iana'):
                             if verbosity > 1:
-                                print("  Extracted from %s: %s" % (item, name))
-                            else:
-                                sys.stdout.write('.')
-                                sys.stdout.flush()
+                                self.stdout.write("  Extracted from %s: %s" % (item, name))
+                            elif verbosity > 0:
+                                self.stdout.write('.', ending='')
+                                self.stdout.flush()
                         else:
                             modfile = moddir / name
                             modfile.unlink()
                             if verbosity > 1:
-                                print("  Skipped module from %s: %s" % (item, name))
-        print("")
+                                self.stdout.write("  Skipped module from %s: %s" % (item, name))
+        if verbosity > 0:
+            self.stdout.write("")
 
         # Extract valid modules from drafts
 
@@ -133,11 +136,13 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         moddir = Path(settings.SUBMIT_YANG_DRAFT_MODEL_DIR)
         if not moddir.exists():
             moddir.mkdir(parents=True)
-        print("Emptying %s ..." % moddir)
+        if verbosity > 0:
+            self.stdout.write("Emptying %s ..." % moddir)
         for item in moddir.iterdir():
             item.unlink()
 
-        print("Extracting to %s ..." % moddir)
+        if verbosity > 0:
+            self.stdout.write("Extracting to %s ..." % moddir)
         for item in draftdir.iterdir():
             try:
                 if item.is_file() and item.name.startswith('draft') and item.name.endswith('.txt') and active(item):
@@ -145,18 +150,19 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     for name in model_list:
                         if not name.startswith('example'):
                             if verbosity > 1:
-                                print("  Extracted module from %s: %s" % (item, name))
-                            else:
-                                sys.stdout.write('.')
-                                sys.stdout.flush()
+                                self.stdout.write("  Extracted module from %s: %s" % (item, name))
+                            elif verbosity > 0:
+                                self.stdout.write('.', ending='')
+                                self.stdout.flush()
                         else:
                             modfile = moddir / name
                             modfile.unlink()
                             if verbosity > 1:
-                                print("  Skipped module from %s: %s" % (item, name))
+                                self.stdout.write("  Skipped module from %s: %s" % (item, name))
             except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
-                sys.stderr.write('\nError: %s\n' % (e, ))
-                sys.stderr.write(item.name)
-                sys.stderr.write('\n')
-        print("")
+                self.stderr.write('\nError: %s' % (e, ))
+                self.stderr.write(item.name)
+                self.stderr.write('')
+        if verbosity > 0:
+            self.stdout.write('')
 
diff --git a/ietf/utils/management/commands/run_yang_model_checks.py b/ietf/utils/management/commands/run_yang_model_checks.py
index 75569e611..7a931f2aa 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/management/commands/run_yang_model_checks.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/management/commands/run_yang_model_checks.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright The IETF Trust 2017-2019, All Rights Reserved
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import sys
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def check_yang(self, checker, draft, force=False):
         if self.verbosity > 1:
             self.stdout.write("Checking %s-%s" % (draft.name, draft.rev))
-        else:
-            sys.stderr.write('.')
+        elif self.verbosity > 0:
+            self.stderr.write('.', ending='')
         submission = Submission.objects.filter(name=draft.name, rev=draft.rev).order_by('-id').first()
         if submission or force:
             check = submission.checks.filter(checker=checker.name).order_by('-id').first()
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                                                 message=message, errors=errors, warnings=warnings, items=items,
                                                 symbol=checker.symbol)
         else:
-            self.stderr.write("Error: did not find any submission object for %s-%s\n" % (draft.name, draft.rev))
+            self.stderr.write("Error: did not find any submission object for %s-%s" % (draft.name, draft.rev))
 
     def handle(self, *filenames, **options):
         """